Need Suggestions

[Texas1911]

Part of the original idea was to try to make this site different from all the rest. As such I want to offer that 5% more. What would you guys like to see?

 

[mac79912]

How about a Handguns in action thread.Picture of the members shooting there favorite pistols or rifles.Or even a picture thread for those of us who hunt and take trophy pictures.

 

[HighVelocity]

How about a competition section? IDPA, USPSA, IMSA, Bullseye, etc etc

 

[idleprocess]

Articles. I hate digging through all the ego, misinformation, opinion, and factual errors in a forum when I'm looking for solid information.

 

[Texas1911]

How about a Handguns in action thread.Picture of the members shooting there favorite pistols or rifles.Or even a picture thread for those of us who hunt and take trophy pictures.

http://www.texasguntalk.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=28

Made a forum, and two new threads, one to Hunting, other to the new Range forum.

 

[Texas1911]

How about a competition section? IDPA, USPSA, IMSA, Bullseye, etc etc

I plan on this, but I'm waiting to hear back from them. I've sent out alot of emails on deaf ears lately it seems. If you are involved it'd be nice to get some contact info for the head honchos.

 

[Texas1911]

Articles. I hate digging through all the ego, misinformation, opinion, and factual errors in a forum when I'm looking for solid information.

Suggestions for articles? I don't mind working on them, just need some leads to go on.

 

[Owens]

Got a couple

There are all sorts of questions that get asked on forums. How about a section that is a go to source for when something needs researched. I know that in my case I have looked for certain things but at times didn't even know where to look. Google or other search engine can be useful, IF you want to wade through the huge list of results.

For example, someone looking for historical documents on the Consitution could go to the National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/

I know this seems like it would be just a list of links, but it is a bit more.

The title of the thread could be something like "Founders Documents" or "background on US Constitution"

A person could add comments on what was found there or key references, or even a brief summary of what was found.

Another Idea might be a sub-forum for handy gadgets that have either been found or cobbled together.

Just ideas. Not all ideas are good I know.

 

[mac79912]

I hope this forum will get big enough to have some firearm company reps join.

 

[idleprocess]

Suggestions for articles? I don't mind working on them, just need some leads to go on.

Don't have anything in mind just yet, but I would certainly be willing to contribute.

 

[Texas1911]

I hope this forum will get big enough to have some firearm company reps join.

I'd definitely considered that. I want to get STI and Chip McCormick on board if possible. As well as reps for Glock, HK, etc.

 

[kingofwylietx]

I would like to see a button for 'replies to your posts'. It would make it much easier to keep up with threads where I have participated and someone has added to it. The Taurusarmed.net forum has it & I use it each visit.

 

[Texas1911]

I would like to see a button for 'replies to your posts'. It would make it much easier to keep up with threads where I have participated and someone has added to it. The Taurusarmed.net forum has it & I use it each visit.

They are running off of another forum software so I'm not sure I can implement that.

What you can do is setup to subscribe to threads automatically, but turn the notifications to "No Email Notification" so it doesn't email you. When you log into the forum go to your UserCP and it will show all your subscribed threads that you posted in.

If you need help with that let me know, I can set it up for you.

 

[kingofwylietx]

Thank you, I'll try that.

 

[Texas1911]

Any more? Suggestions to keep people busy / posting on the forum?

 

[zembonez]

Any more? Suggestions to keep people busy / posting on the forum?

I think it a sheer numbers thing. My truck forum has 47000 plus members but only 150 or so generally active in a given period of time... about 650 people a day stroll through.

 

[Austin Cowart]

give everyone a free gun!

beyond being silly I honestly cant think of anything that hasnt been done. But I might have had a few to many tonight and im just not feeling creative.

 

[Texas1911]

That's OK, our admin employs the "Spelling correction for late night forum excursions" function